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Funny story to me anyway
Last weekend I was cleaning out some mulch in my backyard and decided to scatter it out in the woods in front of the house.
Woods pic here.
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So I go out there about 50' into the woods and start scattering it and this hawk which had been about 10' in front of me took off and scared the crap out of me. OK. So there he is in the branches just above me staring and screeching a bit at me. I decide to walk closer… then the loud hissing started. Big. Ass. Snake. All coiled up about 10' off to one side. I guess I disturbed the hawk trying to score lunch. I sloooowly back away (I'm wearing cutoffs and chucks) and then ran to the house, grabbed a pistol and machette and what did I put on without even thinking? My high engineer boots and my IH634s
Here I am thinking it might be a big rattlesnake and I'm going back out there thinking 21oz denim might stop a snake bite. I don't want some big rattlesnake squatting 50' from my house though. SO I then tip toe back to the spot and watch the snake, get it to open it's mouth with a looooooong stick and it ends up just a really big Pine snake. Doom averted. I never heard a rattle but the hissing was so loud it still wigged me out. Talk about a possible Darwin Award.Kinda funny that here I am thinking there is a big poisonous snake across the drive and I think my IH's would protect me in any way, lol.
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I start my new job this Thursday. In this new job, I work with people much smarter than me – MS/PhDs from schools like Yale, Cal Berkeley, MIT, etc....smaller/startup high tech companies in The Bay Area attract the finest caliber out there. I feel honored and blessed to have been recruited....wish me luck ! Truth be told, if I'm the smartest person in the room...the room must be filled with mediocrity. I'd rather be "the dumbest" person among brilliance -- working with high caliber people, I'll max out my own potential and create magic that I never knew I had !!!
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Now I'm curious. Where on earth do you live, eczerwonka ? I wouldn't run into these issues in Oakland.
Florida. My neighbors said they've seen rattlesnakes in those woods but not in the last couple of years
They just laughed a me, but they're hillbillies and have lived in these woods for about 14 years. I grew up in the woods back in Illinois but it was nothing like the nasty woods here in Florida. -
I start my new job this Thursday. In this new job, I work with people much smarter than me – MS/PhDs from schools like Yale, Cal Berkeley, MIT, etc....smaller/startup high tech companies in The Bay Area attract the finest caliber out there. I feel honored and blessed to have been recruited....wish me luck ! Truth be told, if I'm the smartest person in the room...the room must be filled with mediocrity. I'd rather be "the dumbest" person among brilliance -- working with high caliber people, I'll max out my own potential and create magic that I never knew I had !!!
Don't let higher degrees fool you. I went to NYU, and my peers all think I must be a genius…they don't see me in my office trying to unscrew a flathead screw with a Phillips head screwdriver
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Don't let higher degrees fool you. I went to NYU, and my peers all think I must be a genius…they don't see me in my office trying to unscrew a flathead screw with a Phillips head screwdriver
LOL !!!!! OMG DougNg, you're fucking hilarious ! I hear you…though I went to Top 20 State Unis myself -- same here. I've made many posts here about my own idiocy when it comes to many skills. High falutin' degrees don't mean everything for sure...but I'll say this much, there's lower risk in hiring someone from a top university -- there's a much higher probability that you're not hiring a dumb-fuck when he or she graduates from a highly ranked university. That said, I've met some brilliant engineers with no undergraduate degree whatsoever...these are the types who started coding (taught themselves) when they were 10 years old.
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I just got them in Oct but it was pretty hot then but felt fine going down the road. Since Nov it's hasn't been over 80 that much so it's been perfect weather. In the morning commutes it's always been under 65 since Dec so it feels chilly going 70.
I got them specifically for riding and any more wear is just a bonus. I really only wear them a couple times a week other that for riding and it's not like I'm out hiking or jogging in them so the heat shouldn't be an issue and if I plan on walking very much outside I doubt I'll be wearing them. I have another pair of 21oz Esefs that I wear more often to ride to work since they're not so dirty and fit better for work.
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eczerwonka, Iron Heart 21oz are surprisingly very breathable. I say that I won't wear mine to India but it's more because as a woman, I wear my shit ultra tight (I wear slim cuts)…not much breathing room. So, for me -- the real reason I won't wear IH to India is that I wear tight jeans, not necessarily that they are 21oz. I'm willing to bet that my 2 pair of straight cut W30 21oz Iron Heart (baggier boyfriend fit) would be just fine in even HOT climates. As seen in LandoCal's and Special_K's previously posted pics, you realize that Bay Area hiking in Iron Heart garb is actually quite do-able and pleasant.
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Actually, Till is a PhD from UT-Austin. I'm an undergrad from Texas A&M U., in College Station. But I may as well throw in that I have an MS from The University of Colorado, Boulder. To be honest, I wish I were a Longhorn. Coming from Akron, Ohio (where I attended high school), I didn't know the difference. Texas A&M University gave me little excuse but to study since College Station/Bryan doesn't have a lot going for it – unlike Austin, TX !
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I wish all the guests would register and become users - there has to be more epic worn in IH gear out there…
We can do anything
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Ah well… Gin-tonic makes the world go round...
And a nice large glass of Rioja (or 5) takes away the pain of skiing all day…
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